Welcome / open talk

I have an upcomming trip to Austin for work and am looking for recomendations of places to see. Anyone from that area have a favorite place?
I'm especially interested in parks, gardens, etc...places I can take my camera and enjoy an afternoon stroll.

Thanks in advance.

Does anybody know a good site were i can convert degrees mins seconds to decimal degrees?

1/05 Update: I've uploaded all of the Canada/US crossings. I've moved the corresponding US POE into the title to make more room for the hours of service (some of them are lengthy!).

This is why you still need to pay attention when you drive and not completely rely on your GPS. Original article can be found here...

http://tinyurl.com/2ez3g8

Let's be safe out there!
PT

How many charges before this battery needs to be replaced?

PC World has a review on the GPS systems and can be found here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140771/article.html#

Which GPS models allow road map/street map updates and how do it?
Thank you

I am a new user. Will the red lights camera and the speed camera files work for the Garmin C330?

Does anyone know of a program to convert poi files on linux, preferably something like poiedit

Thanks

dancer41@netzero.net

would be neat if we could "subscribe" to particular gps files and get an email once an update made. Or, maybe add 20-30 "favorite" poi files, and download them all at once qmonth or something.

How many POI's do you have in your GPS unit?

Me and DW are traveling with a trailer since 2002 in North America for 4-5 months each summer.
Till now never used a GPS and are looking to get our first one.
As you can imagine my knowledge is limited and therefore need your assistance.
I would like the GPS to be:
A.RV friendly (locate Campgrounds,dump stations,low bridges , gas stations and so on)
B.Possibility to add POI.

From 'Information Week' comes this article:
http://tinyurl.com/25jrsc

Starting Jan. 1, airline passengers will no longer be allowed to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage .....

RT

I am a big On The Border and Red Lobster Fan. Does anyone have a US list of them in POI format? Old Dano needs his fix.

THX Dano

Downloaded the "Zoo's" poi and upon using it our local zoo was not listed. To who or whom do I contact to have it added?

If anyone is interested there is a website that has three free downloads which are zipped csv files. There is a file on zip codes 41,700 entries, US cities 192,611 entries, and Canadian cities 12,082 entries. I thought if people had a use for them it would be just as easy to go to their site and download them. The url is:

http://geocoder.ibegin.com/

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I didn't see a particular thread keeping track of periodic sales or price drops, so maybe this could be helpful?

Costco.com will have the Nuvi 200W for $199 for orders placed January 7-27, 2008.

Is there anyone who may have all of the campgrounds in co,az,ut,nm. I would love to have some kind of list of these. If there is anyone who can help me with this i would be forever in your debt1

Will

This is the place to talk about things that are not gps related, you can discuss whatever you would like, as long as it is clean. Remember we have families that have their children involved in the GPS fun and we don't want to make parents feel uncomfortable when their children ask what that word means.

Have fun...

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.